Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in matter of Himangshu Nath Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 12/09/2022. An application on the worsening air quality affecting the city of Guwahati and the resultant health effects was filed before the NGT. The NGT said that …
A 10-day Japanese Encephalitis vaccination campaign got underway today in Kamrup district. R S Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup officially declared the campaign open at a ceremony held at Majirgaon LP School under Azara block PHC. Nearly 200 students along with their parents attended the inaugural function held under the chairmanship …
In observance of the International Chicken Respect Day, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has urged the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), to install a statue of a chicken in a busy part of the city to pay respect to the billions of chickens which are killed for food.
In a bid to provide basic services to the rural poor, a Delhi-based NGO, Goonj has initiated electrification work in Katara village near Sipajhar in Darrang district with the support of Dr Pradip Kr Sarmah (Ashoka Fellow), executive director of Centre for Rural Development (CRD), a Guwahati-based organisation. The NGO …
Even as the global as well as regional media are flush with facts and information about the influenza A (H1N1) infection, swine flu in common parlance, the State
The mosquito menace in the city has assumed alarming proportions. Residents of many localities have been blaming the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) for this. They allege that the negligence of the civic body with regard to controlling the menace has been leading to the present developments. Saroj Medhi, a resident …
The wheels which were set in motion by 12 Nobel Laureates in Germany would now break new ground in Guwahati. Science Express, the prestigious project of the Department of Science and Technology today opened its doors to residents of the city, and captivated a large number of schoolchildren. The train …
Assam is preparing to view the longest duration total solar eclipse that was last visible in the State way back in 1840 and would not be visible again in the State in the coming 900 years. The Department of Science and Technology, Government of Assam is supporting the massive plans …
An awareness camp on orchid plantation was organised on recently at Hahara, Sonapur under Dimoria Development Block by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, under the Women Scientist Programme and Department of Bio-Technology of Gauhati University in association with Emergent Development Society, an NGO. The …
Auto emission tests will be costlier from May onwards, with the Greater Guwahati Auto Emission Testing Association set to introduce new rates as per norms of the West Bengal Government following a directive to the effect by the Assam Government. The testing centres will be installing new/upgraded computerized automobile pollution …
Still cameras and close-circuit cameras would now capture every face entering the designated parking spaces in Guwahati. The decision to install modern gadgets has come in the wake of a series of subversive activities carried out by miscreants in parking lots of Ganeshguri, Maligaon, Athgaon and Kachari. Bearing the brunt …
Taking a novel step towards conservation education the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden has come up with a new publication Primates of Assam. The booklet that contains details of nine primates found in different habitats of the State has been prepared by Narayan Mahanta, the Zoo DFO. Mahanta told …
Noted expert on tobacco control, Dr Prakash C Gupta today focused on tobacco consumption in the Indian context and underlined the need for a rethink in control strategies. Delivering the Dr KC Borooah Foundation day oration at the Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute, Gupta remarked that the tobacco problem in …
